SGIMS joins hands with IIT to study gastro

August 09, 2011 11:02

The Indian institute of Technology, Kanpur, and the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow have joined hands to find the cause and treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

GERD is a condition in which the esophagus becomes irritated or inflamed because of acid backing up from the stomach leading to malfunctioning of the stomach valve.

"IIT-K and SGPGIMS have entered into an agreement to find out the cause, precaution and treatment of the GERD. IIT-K will study bio-mechanics of the disease and try to find out the treatment of the disease with the help of SGPGI doctors", Associate professor, IITK, Anupam Pal said.

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